beaners Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Does anyone have good recommendations for books without words or with words on only a page or two? I really like hearing my two year old explain these stories to me. Off the top of my head I can think of the following: Clementina's Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats Good Dog Carl Flotsam by David Wiesner Goodnight Garden Gnome Are there any good ones that I should check out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 There is a series of books by Gerda Muller. There are four books (one for each season) and they're all board books. Absolutely beautiful illustrations. Here's the Summer book: http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Gerda-Muller/dp/0863151949/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308930831&sr=8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We really enjoyed Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Peter Spier has some without words, or with only a few words, and lots of detailed illustrations that tell the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacie Leigh Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Peter Spier has some without words, or with only a few words, and lots of detailed illustrations that tell the story. Yes, this is a favorite: http://www.amazon.com/Noahs-Ark-Peter-Spier/dp/0385094736 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MominIN Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 A Boy, A Dog and a Frog by Mercer Mayer is a good one. A couple with very few words are Goodnight Gorilla and Hug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Oh, David. They are not classics or anything, but are very funny and have few words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimerinkydo Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 There are several wordless books by John Goodall http://www.amazon.com/MIDNIGHT-ADVENTURES-KELLY-DOT-ESMERALDA/dp/0689825641/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308933260&sr=1-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgo95 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 How about the Owly series by Andy Runton? They're a series of graphic novels without dialogue about an owl and his forest friends. Here's the first volume: http://www.amazon.com/Owly-Vol-Home-Bittersweet-Summer/dp/1891830627/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 There are several wordless books by John Goodall http://www.amazon.com/MIDNIGHT-ADVENTURES-KELLY-DOT-ESMERALDA/dp/0689825641/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308933260&sr=1-2 :iagree: We have quite a few of John Goodall's - Naughty Nancy, Creepy Castle, Shrewbettina's Birthday, and some others. They are very cute, and my dd loves to make up stories to them. DD also loves the Korgi graphic novels, and the Owly ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 You can't take a balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Weitzman. There are other museum books in this series. Also Carl the dog books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 We really enjoyed Tuesday. Oh my kids STILL love this one! Wiesner has a few other cute ones too. "Sector 7" comes to mind, and there was a "Three Little Pigs" that is totally funny (and not the typical piggy story you're used to, though it starts out that way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 Thanks everyone! We've read a few of these, and the rest are going on my library list for tomorrow. I can't wait to see some of these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I love this one. It comes with a music CD and suggestions for other ways to use the book. The illustrations and colors are very nice. Yellow Umbrella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 My dd loves Sunshine and Moonlight, both by Jan Ormerod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Any book with the art by Tibor Gergely got my son yakking: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_3?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Tibor%20Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Peter Spier has some without words, or with only a few words, and lots of detailed illustrations that tell the story. Yep, his books are amazing. We love them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Wordless Books - Mouse Around -- and others by Pat Schories - Oops -- and others by Arthur Geisert - The Red Book -- and others by Barbara Lehman - Tuesday; Free Fall -- and others by David Wiesner - A Small Miracle; Midnight Circus; Little Pickle; Angel and Soldier Boy -- all by Peter Collington - Zoom; Re-Zoom; REM; The Other Side -- all by Istvan Banyai - A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog -- and others in this series by Mercer Mayer - Dinosaur Day -- and others in this series by Liza Donnelly - The Adventures of Polo -- and others in this series by Regis Faller - Carl -- and others in this series by Alexandra Day - You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum -- and others by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman - the "A Little Owl Book" series, by various authors - The Snowman -- Raymond Briggs - Little Star -- Antonin Louchard - Un-Brella -- Scott E. Franson - Deep in the Forest -- Brinton Turkle - Clown -- Quentin Blake - Why -- Nikolai Popov - Changes, Changes -- Pat Hutchins - Tabby, A Story in Pictures -- Aliki - Bunny Story -- Lena Anderson - Pancakes for Breakfast -- Tomie dePaola - Sidewalk Circus -- Paul Fleischman - The Elephant's Nest: Four Wordless Stories -- Marilee Robin Burton - The Story of a Little Mouse -- Monique Felix - A Circle of Friends -- Giora Carmi - The Little Red Fish -- Tae-Eun Yoo - Looking Down -- Steve Jenkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 One of my favorite kids books in the past couple years is Jerry Pinkney's The Lion and the Mouse. It is absolutely gorgeous. I love Barbara Lehman's books. They're beautifully done. I got Wave for my turning 4 year old daughter (who loves wordless books) before going to the beach and she enjoyed it a lot. Do you Want to be My Friend by Eric Carle is a good one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Goodnight, Gorilla was our favorite. (It does have Goodnight written on most pages but that's it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 We really loved lots of these. Mercer Mayer's A Boy a Frog and A Dog is one of the first and best in this genre. And we love Tuesday and Sector 7. My boys both really loved the Owly graphic novels. There are other wordless graphic novels - lots of them in fact. Robot Dreams is another one that's really good - for an older audience (nothing inappropriate, just beyond the comprehension level of a younger kid). And while I didn't love it, one of my sons really like the Korgi graphic novels, which are strange fantasy wordless graphic novels - fine for younger kids. For picture books, the only ones I didn't see mentioned that I really like were Breakfast for Jack, Jack and the Night Visitors, Jack and the Missing Piece, etc. by Pat Schories. Also, The Museum Trip and The Red Book by Barbara Lehman, which are both amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 One of my favorite kids books in the past couple years is Jerry Pinkney's The Lion and the Mouse. It is absolutely gorgeous. :iagree: Love this book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessieC Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 We just read a cute one called "Four Hungry Kittens" by Emily McCully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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